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Digital Seminar

If Play is Happening in the Forest, Is There Any Kid Around to Experience It?

Distracted and Disorganized Kids in a Digital Age

Speaker:
Aubrey Schmalle, OTR/L, SIPT, Certified Tomatis Consultant
Duration:
1 Hour 33 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Apr 22, 2026
Product Code:
POS065727
Media Type:
Digital Seminar

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Description

Kids today are swimming in fast, fragmented digital input – and many spend their days distracted, disorganized, and dysregulated.

This session explains how heavy, visually dominant screen use can crowd out essential vestibular-proprioceptive-tactile experiences, strain attentional systems, and aggravate executive-function challenges – especially for children with learning or processing differences.

You’ll leave with practical ways to rebalance the brain-body connection using multisensory movement, nature-based routines, and targeted “digital detox” strategies that improve regulation, attention, and real-world participation.

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Aubrey Schmalle, OTR/L, SIPT, Certified Tomatis Consultant Related seminars and products

Sensational Achievements LLC


Aubrey Schmalle, OTR/L, SIPT, Certified Tomatis Consultant is an occupational therapist, providing advanced clinical evaluation and intervention in the area of sensory integration and learning. She graduated from Boston University in 2003 with a bachelor’s in occupational therapy and continued to advance her clinical knowledge through self-study, mentorship, certification in sensory integration theory and practice, and certification in the Tomatis Method and Tomatis-based auditory interventions. In 2011, she opened a private occupational therapy clinic, providing comprehensive evaluation and treatment of sensory processing disorders and related disabilities such as autism, ADHD, dyslexia, dysgraphia, and executive functioning deficits. She possesses advanced knowledge in visual-vestibular integration treatment techniques, treatment of postural-ocular and functional visual skill deficits, and intervention to address sensorimotor-perceptual factors contributing to dyslexia and dysgraphia. She provides independent educational occupational therapy evaluations across the state of Connecticut and consults with school teams to optimize school-based intervention strategies and treatment techniques.

In fall 2025, she published her newest book, Uniquely Human: Raising Leaders and Creators in an AI World. In spring 2018, she presented a case study utilizing the Tomatis Method and sensory integrative occupational therapy at the Tomatis International Convention in Warsaw, Poland. In 2015, she authored The Body Activated Learning Handbook and continues to develop programming, educational supports, and trainings for educators and related service professionals based on the Body Activated Learning™ approach.

She presents to educators, therapists, and nurses on the impact of sensory processing on learning and development and helps them optimize classroom and treatment strategies to support a neurologically diverse generation using Body Activated Learning™. She presents a variety of continuing education courses online throughout the year and most recently presented a school district-wide staff development workshop on the impact of AI and screen-based activities on mental health.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Aubrey Schmalle is the owner of Sensational Achievement LLC. She receives royalties as a published author. Aubrey Schmalle receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Aubrey Schmalle is a member of the American Occupational Therapy Association and the Connecticut Occupational Therapy Association.


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Objectives

  1. Explain how overreliance on visual/digital input can disrupt sensory modulation, self-regulation, and neural integration.
  2. Describe the physiological and attentional effects of differential sensory activation (e.g. weak vestibular, proprioceptive, tactile input) in children immersed in screens.
  3. Apply concrete therapeutic strategies (nature-based, multisensory movement, digital breaks) to reduce disorganization and support attentional and regulatory growth.

Outline

4 D’s of a Digital Generation: Distraction, Disorganization, Dysregulation, and Digital Dementia

  • The speed of digital information vs. the pace of neurodevelopment
  • Growing impact of technology on learning and behavior
  • Unique challenges for children with learning, processing, and attention deficits

Rebalance the Brain-Body Connection

  • Role of the senses in self-regulation, perception, and adaptive response patterns
  • Sensory Imbalances: overusing vision in a screen-based world
  • Impact of weak links in sensory triads on learning and behavior
  • Influence physiology to reduce disorganization and dysregulation
  • Rebalance through controlled activation of multiple senses

Nature as the Antidote to the Digital Overload

  • How sensational movement outdoors resets dopamine and attention systems
  • Contrasting nature’s multisensory rhythm with the screen-based dopamine rollercoaster
  • Using digital detox strategies to restore regulation and engagement
  • Guiding families toward practical shifts that protect sensory health and resilience

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Educators
  • Marriage and Family Therapists 
  • Occupational Therapists
  • Occupational Therapist assistants
  • Physicians
  • Psychologists
  • Physical Therapists
  • Speech-language Pathologist
  • Social Workers

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